Hobbit Day

The Hobbit – Doesn’t look a year under 80!

It doesn’t matter if you are eleven or eleventy-one we all love an excuse for a feast, but not as much as a hobbit. Happy birthday Frodo and Bilbo Baggins. What’s the best food for a joint birthday party?

Did you know, the book ‘The Hobbit’ is 80 years old and still loved by children and adults alike.

Which book of today do you think will still be celebrated in 80 years from now?

About Me

Richard Heddington is a children's author based in Plymouth, Devon. He first drew Henry the Hedgegnome when in school during the 1970's. For much of the time since then, Henry the Hedgegnome has been hibernating in the attic and Richard has been deciding what he wants to be when he grows up. It has only taken 40 years for Henry the Hedgegnome to become an overnight success.